nolds is thought by many to have been the greatest of
English painters. He was a Devonshire lad, and was intended by his
father for the medical profession. He early showed such aptitude for
painting that he was permitted to have his way, and after studying
in Italy, returned to England, where an exhibition of his work
aroused great enthusiasm, and his popularity continued through his
life.
[End illustration]

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this saying kneeling thanking

his beside goodness child

See this little child.

He is going to bed.

He is saying his prayer.

He is kneeling beside his bed.

He is thanking his Father in heaven for his goodness.

Do you say your prayer?

I say my prayer night and morning.

"Ask, and it shall be given you."--_Matthew 7:7_.

"For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are
open unto their prayers."--_I Peter 3:12_.

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sheep cows cover rain falls

eat for waters garden earth

Clouds cover the sky.

The rain falls.

The rain waters the earth.

The flowers in the garden are glad.

The red rose is glad.

The white lily is glad.

The green grass is glad.

The rain makes the grass grow.

The sheep and the cows eat the grass.

God gives the rain.

God makes the grass grow for the sheep and the cows.

"Praise ye the Lord;
Who covereth the heavens with clouds,
Who prepareth rain for the earth,
Who maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains."
_Psalms 147:8_.

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[Illustration]
PLOWING IN PALESTINE
Copyright by Underwood & Underwood
and used by special permission

Very little advance has been made in methods of agriculture in
Palestine since the early days of which the Bible tells. The plow is
often still the crooked stick, sometimes strengthened by iron, but
still very primitive. It is no wonder that crops are so poor and
life is so hard under these conditions
[End illustration]

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spring-time snow ice gone

robin blue-bird seeds help

The Spring-time has come.

The birds have come.

The blue-birds are flying in the air.

I see a robin in my garden.

I will go to my garden.

I will plant seeds in my garden.

The seeds will grow to be flowers.

I love to see them grow.

Have you a garden?

Do you see the birds in your garden?

What seeds do you plant in your garden?

God makes the flowers g